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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Things have been tight around here lately so grocery shopping has been very planned. I've been thinking back on my old shopping trips and lists...wondering how much more it costs then in previous years. So this week I'm hoping to start keeping track. It'll be fairly accurate since my pantry and freezer aren't well stocked.

What I've been doing is making a shopping list at Wegmans.com of things we need, even though I know I'll probably buy things on the list cheaper at Save-A-Lot or Aldis. I figure if I can keep my list in the vicinity of my budget then buying things should bring me under budget or allow me some extras. I keep track of how much less money I'm spending on the margins of my list. So if I have $2.00/lb for chicken breasts on my list but find it for $1.70/lb and I buy 5lbs I'd write + $1.50 in the margin. Then if I buy something extra I cross off the margin amounts to total the price of the extra thing. It's been working out well. I love that I don't have to keep a running total in my head when I'm going through the store. I do have to remind myself that I can always come back another day and pick up more extras if I come in under budget at the end of the shopping trip. And also to leave some $$ for restocking perishables since I have to go 2wks between major shopping trips.

So hopefully on Monday (won't be home this weekend) I can come back here and let you know how things went.

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I'm Kim, a 47yo little bit of everything, not much of anything type of gal. I've been married to Tom for 29yrs. We have 12 pretty cool kids as a result of that marriage (5 boys and 7 girls...ages 28 to 5). I've recently added the title of grandma to my name with the arrival of my first granddaughter and a grandson soon to join us.